Sketch a 500 hPa chart that clearly shows a trough and a ridge. Where do you expect to find the maximum and minimum values of absolute vorticity? Where do you expect to find converging and diverging wind motions? Below what point on your 500 hPa chart do you expect middle-latitude storm development to occur?
What will be an ideal response?
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